Improved sugar-cutting machine



W. IVIOLLER.-

Sugar Cutter.

Patented Sept. 10, '1861.

MEW/6650.3 @Q7/W UNITED STATES FFICEQ Arrivi* IMPROVED SUGAR-CUTTINGMACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 33,260, dated Septemberl0, ldfl.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM MOLLER, of New York, in the county and Stateof N ew York, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Making BlockSugar; and I here by declare that the following is a full and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked therein.

Figure I 'represents a longitudinal elevation, Fig. II a top view, andFig. III a crosssection, of my improved machine.

The nature of my invention consists in the arrangement of rollersprovided with saws or cutters placed directly opposite each other,whereby the slabs of sugar receive parallel cuts on both sidessimultaneously while passing through between said rollers; and, further,in the arrangement of a turning plate or table Vbetween two sets ofrollers, constructed as above described, whereby the slabs of sugar,after having received the required cuts or grooves while passing throughone set of rollers are turned one-quarter of a circle round, so as toreceive the cuts by the second set of rollers at right angles to thefirst grooves, thereby cutting or grooving the slabs of sugar intoregular square blocks.

To a table, A, supported by a suitable frame, rollers B B', runningparallel with each other, are attached, one below and the other abovesaid table. These rollers are provided with circular knives, cutters, orsaws u a, and so arranged that the cutters or saws of the roller B shallbe exactly opposite those of the roller B', and from five-eighths of aninch to one inch or more apart, according to the size of the blocksrequired to be cut. rIhe cutters of the roller B pass through the tableA'and project about one-eighth of an inch above its surface, and theroller B is so arranged that its distance from the roller B may easilybe changed, so as to bring the ends of the cutters or saws of bothrollers nearer together or farther apart, as may be required. Somedistance from these rollers B B two similar rollers, D D, provided withcircular knives or saws m m, are arranged, constructed, and operating inthe same manner as the rollers B B. Between those two sets of .rollers BB and D D', a circular plate, H, is arranged in the table A, having itsupper surface even with the top surface of said table, and capable ofturning in a suitable one-quarter of a circle round.

bearing around its center. To the center piece of this circular plate Ha pawl-lever, J, is attached, whose other end is attached, by means of alink, `to a rod, a, running in suitable guides at the under side of thetable A, and operating in such a manner on this circular plate H as toturn the same always exactly one-quarter of a circle round. The uppersurface of this circular plate" H is provided with grooves or lineprojections, so as to produce a rough surface to hold the slabs of sugarsteady while being turned round with said plate. Projecting points or aspring may be arranged, so as to move down upon the top of the sugarslabs before the plate I-I begins to turn, to hold the slab firm on saidplate while turning, and which are afterward move-d away again when themotion is completed, so as to leave the slab of sugar at liberty to bepushed forward.

E is a slide, working in suitable guides upon the table A, for thepurpose of pushing the slabs of sugar between the rollers and knives orcutters. To this slide two pins, 8 and 5, are attached, which act upon aprojection, 4, on the rod a for the purpose of communicating therequired motion to said rod and to the pawl-lever J, whereby thecircular plate I-I is turned one-quarter of a circle round.

The operation of the machine is as follows:l

A slab of sugar is placed upon the table A, and is then pushed, by meansof the slide E, through the roller B and B, by which operation thecircular knives or saws u n cut grooves into both sides of said slabsimultaneously,

parallel and exactly opposite to each other.

This slab of sugar is then, by a further motion of the slide E, broughtupon the circular plate H. The slide Fr is then moved back again readyto receive another slab of sugar. By this backward motion the pin 3operates the rod a by coming in contact with the projection 4f on saidrod, which operates the pawllever J, so as to turn the circular plate H,with the slab of sugar lying on the/same, exactly The slide E pressesthen a second slab of sugar through between the rollers B B', and thenupon the circular plate H, whereby the slab lying upon this plate H, andwhich, as above described, has been turned one-quarter of a circleround,is moved forward and pushed through between the second set of rollers, DD', which likewise vneously parallel and exactly Opposite to eachgrooves cut on both sides ot' this slab will be Q y sacco cut groovesinto both sides of the slab simultaother; but as this slab has beenturned onequarter of a circle round by the plate H, the

at right angles to the grooves cut by the knives or saws of the firstset of rollers, dividing and cutting thereby said slab of sugar intoregular square blocks, which by the least shaking will break asunder.

For the purpose of assisting and facilitating the breaking asnnder theblocks, the slabs, after being grooved as above described, may be madeto pass between rollers having brushes placed over their surfaces,whereby, while being forced through between said brushes, the blockswill easily be separated and broken without hurting the corners, and atthe saine time the saine will be cleaned of all sawdust which may adhereto the saine. Instead of using rollers covered with brushes for thepurpose of break'- ing the blocks apart, the saine inay be covered withindia-rubber, or any other elastic substance projecting seine distancefrom the body of the rollers.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The arrangement of two rollers running parallel to each other andprovided with circular knives, cutters, or saws placed directly oppositeto each other, for the purpose of cutting parallel grooves into bothsides of a slab of sugar simultaneously, in the manner and for thepurpose described. I

2. The arrangement of the circular turning plate H between two sets ofrollers provided with circular knives or saws, as described, operatingso as to turn the slabs of sugar one` quarter of a circle round, in themanner and for the purpose substantially as described and Set forth.

V I 'LLIAM MOLLER.

Witnesses;

L. XV. "WARNER, W. NV. Buss.

